Mumbai Police on Thursday rescued 19 persons, including 17 children, from a studio in the Powai area while the man who had held them hostage succumbed to bullet injuries sustained during the operation, officials said.

Rohit Arya (50), who had released a video during the roughly hour-long hostage standoff saying he wanted to “ask questions to some people,” was shot by police after he attempted to threaten the children with an air gun and later died at a hospital, officials said, as reported by PTI.

“At about 1.30 pm, Powai police station received information that a person had taken 17 children hostage at the Mahavir Classic building. The Mumbai Police team conducted a rescue operation and safely freed all the children. During the operation, while rescuing the children, the person got inju

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